One of GfinS's Ten Commandments reminds me of something I learned about 40 years ago playing at an Open Mic in Richmond and something that I have used over the years with so level of success...

We've all at one time or another found ourselves in the middle of and intro or first verse to only to discover, to our utter horror, that one string is flat or sharp and having to make the decision whether or not the song can be done well by playing around it, quickly surmising that the answer is "no" and...

...so this guy just stopped playing and somewhat apologetically said to the audience, "Sorry, but we tune because we care" before dealing with the tuning problem ... It seemed like such an honest, yet professional, way to deal with the problem and...

...I have had to resort to using that trick a few times over the years and it is comforting knowing that there are these tericks fort getting outta pickles...

Just thought this thread might be a good one to pass that trick along...

B~